Section: AP Government

5) Which of the following was referred to as a "league of friendship?"

1. the Constitution
2. the Virginia Plan
3. the New Jersey Plan
4. the Connecticut Plan
5. the Articles of Confederation.

While the U.S. Articles of Confederation was a plan of government based upon the principles fought for in the American Revolutionary War, it contained crucial flaws. It had no power of national taxation, no power to control trade, and it provided for a comparatively weak executive. Therefore, it could not enforce legislation. It was a "league of friendship" which was opposed to any type of national authority.